T. H. Parry-Williams

Y Prifardd Sir T. H. Parry-Williams
Born	21 September 1887 Schoolhouse, Rhyd Ddu, Caernarfonshire, Wales
Died	'Wern', North Road, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales
Resting place	Beddgelert Cemetery, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales
Nationality	Welsh
Education	Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog
Alma mater	University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Jesus College, Oxford University of Freiburg Sorbonne, University of Paris
Occupation	Academic, author and poet
Notable work	'Hon'
Title	Emeritus Professor of Welsh Language and Literature
Spouse(s)	Emiah Jane Thomas (1910–1988)
Parent(s)	Henry Parry-Williams (1858–1925) and Ann Morris (b. 1859)
Relatives	Robert Williams Parry (1884–1956) and Sir Thomas Parry (1904–1985) (1st cousins)
Awards	National Eisteddfod Chair (1912 & 1915); National Eisteddfod Crown (1912 & 1915); D.Litt. (Wales) (1934); D.Litt. (Oxon.) (1937); Kt (1958)

Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams (21 September 1887 – 3 March 1975) was a Welsh poet, author and academic.

Biography

Parry-Williams was born at Tŷ'r Ysgol (the Schoolhouse) in Rhyd Ddu, Caernarfonshire, Wales. He was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Jesus College, Oxford, the University of Freiburg and the Sorbonne.

As a poet, he was the first to win the double of Chair and Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, which he achieved at Wrexham in 1912 and repeated at Bangor in 1915. He was a conscientious objector during the First World War. He was Professor of Welsh at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1920 until 1952.

He co-founded the university's Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. He was awarded D.Litt. degrees by the Universities of Wales (1934) and Oxford (1937). He was knighted in 1958. He was also given an honorary doctorate by the University of Wales in 1960 and made an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1968.

Published works

• The English element in Welsh (1923)
• Ysgrifau (1928)
• Cerddi (1931)
• Carolau Richard White (1931)
• Canu Rhydd Cynnar (1932)
• Olion (1935)
• Synfyfyrion (1937)
• Hen benillion (1940)
• Lloffion (1942)
• O'r pedwar gwynt (1944)
• Ugain o gerddi (1949)
• Myfyrdodau (1957)
• Pensynnu (1966)
• Detholiad o gerddi (1972)

Bibliography

• Meic Stephens (ed.) Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru (1986)

External links

• English verse-translation of Parry-Williams' poem Ty'r Ysgol
• some English verse translations in Penguin Book of Welsh Verse (1967)